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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

The State Central Committee, at its
meeting on Monday, placed the name
of Edward Clark. of Mercer county
on the Democratic ticket, for Member
of the Board of Public Works, la place
of Hon. Peter Murphy, declined.
Mr.. Clark is pre-eminently fitted fol
the place by his long experience as 9
turnpike and railroad contractor. and
also by reason of his experience In
managing the canals. In his early
days he was canal boatman, and IN
der the administration of Gov. Hoad
ly, held the position of 6uperintsnd
ent of the northern division of tn
Miami & Erie canal, which he flleo
with great credit. He is q man of the
people. u self made man, who enjoys
the utmost confidence of his neigh
bors and is widely known throughout
the State as y railroad contractor. He
ia one of that great army of patriotic
citizens who responded to the call OF
his country. He enlisted in the Nine.
ty-fourth Ohio and served with credit
throughout the war. participating in
many of the hardest fought battles
and was mustered out as n private sol
dier when hostilities ceased. Mr.
Clark enjoys the distinction Of being
the first member Of the gallant S4th
Ohio ever shonored by being placec
upon the State ticket Of either party
The fact that NO member had evei
been so honored was commented OIL
by members at the last reunion of the
regiment. and there il no doubt but
Mr.. Clark will add strength to the
ticket.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Governor and ex-Secretary OF War, who
had defeated at the polls distinguished
Democrat, now living. who was Unite d
States Senator more than fifty years ago.
illustrations of this sort might be multi
Piled without end.
On the other hand, what would have
become of the cause of the Union had it
not been for the nearly 100000 Demo-
Gratis in the Free states and Union men
in the Borler States, wherein Lincoln had
only 26,0U0 votes
The armies of the Union came from
the sixteen Free States and the four
Border States, twenty in all, and in these
twenty States the vote was 1856, 600 fog
Lincoln and 1,9o6,000 for his opponents.
That portion of the country which furn-
ished soldiers for the Union gave $4,000
majority against Lincoln in 1860, and all
the opposition votes, save some $4,000,
were cast by Democrats.
tits not within the range of poss sibilities
that John Sherman will leave the late
war and its direct and remote associations
out of his political speeches, but it would
do no harm if he would come a mile OF
two nearer the truth in his figures
Washington Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

This table shows that instead of there
being an increase in only one institution
there is an increase in four. The insti-
tuition sh owing the largest increase is the
very first one Governor Foraker reor-
ganized, namely, the blind asylum, where
the increase is S37.O7 per capita. The
next institution he reorganized was the
Ohio soldiers and sailors orphans home
and there the increase was 1884 per
capita. The largest decrease is at the
Columbus asylum for insane. which Is
still under Democratic management.
The question, of course, as to which Of
the two tables is correct is legitima to
one. But a little investigation of the
Foraker Byers table will suffice to show
that it is utterly untrustworthy in itself.
In several instances the per capita calcu-
lation ION the bases of the figures given)
shows that neither the maker of the table
| (Byers), nor its endorser (Foraker) can do
a sum in common division; or it shows
what is still worse, that they thought no
| body would take the trouble to verify
their work. Here for instance is the
per capita cost of three institutions for
1886 as given by Byers-Foraker, side by
side with the correct calculation from
the same figures, as given by McHugh ;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
THEY DON'T WANT HIM.

'The soldiers of Ohio who aided in
fighting the Southern rebellion to death
don't want Governor who stigmatizes
the Chief Magistrate of our Nation as "a
whipped spaniel, and afterwards apollo
gizes to the "doe" for the insult. Neither
do they want a Governor who will re-
commend the Legislature to provide by
law for increasing the taxes on the lands
of the state, and on the necessaries OF
life, and lowering them on the luxuries
of life. Neither do they want legislators
elected who will carry into effect any
such recommendations of Governor
Foraker"
j The foregoing was written by "a Dem
ocrat who voted for General Jackson for
President in 1928 "and the only Demo
crat now living in Ohio who was a dele
gate to the Baltimore Convention in 1886
when Martin VanBuren was nominated
for President and Richard M. johnson
for Vice President and furthermore the
only Democrat alive who voted for the
late William Allen for the United States
Senator in 1887 and in 1913" tt will be
perceived that his Democracy has moi
diminished with b is advancing years
He has an abiding faith that Ohio will &c
Democratic on the sth of Novem ber next
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
PUBLIC SENTIMENT CHANGING

A few years ago Massachusetts, was the
most rock ribbed protective tariff state in
the country. Its great cotton, wooden
and paper mills and other manufacturing
industries supposed they could not exist
without protection. This belief was not
shared by any particular party organiza-
ton, but the protective sentiment was
general. 1t may be that for nearly q
century the people thought they were
conducting infant industries" that
needed governmental nursing, but be
that as it may, sentiment has changed in
the old Bay State. The manufactories
are not fewer in number and their pro-
ducts not inferior to what they were
formerly, but the owners have made a
practical study of commercial relations
between nations, and have traced effects
back to their proper causes. They have
learned that freedom of intercourse
will make more business, more profitable
business, and give more steady employ
ment to labor. They have become tariff
reformers. The Democratic state con-
vention, held the other day, took posi-
tive and decided stand upon this issue.
While disclaiming to be free traders, they
declared for a tariff for revenue only
This is the Ohio idea. 1t means tariff
reform lower taxes for all people with
special privileges to none. 1t means
that every man must iely upon his own
resources and not hang upon government
legislation to compel people 10 make him.
rich. 1t means equality, fairness and
Justice. 1t is common sense, aAd the
movement is not only growing but will
win. Toledo Bee.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

: Amid the reckless extravaganza and
unparalleled squandering of the public
moneys during the present Republican
State Administration, nothing has yet
been told the taxpayers concerning the
culpahle miSmanagement and criminal
wastefulness going on in connection with
the Roster Department, so-called. The
time has come for ventilating this steal.
The last Democratic Legislature, on
the 18th of March, 1884, adopted a Joint
Resolution, providing for the publication,
in book form, of the complete Roster OF
Ohio soldiers in the last two wars. On
the 14th OF April, 1884, the sum OF five
thousand dollars was appropriated, for
the purpose of beginning the work OF
carrying into effect said resolution and
during the session of 1885, the further
sum of nine thousand five hundred dol
lars was appropriated, Tor the purpose OF
continuing the work.
From the time the work was begun, in
1881, till the inauguration of Governor
Foraker, in January, 1886, Except from
December Is, 1884, to March Ii, 1885,
during which time it was suspended, be-
cause the first appropriation had been
substantially exhausted), some ten clerks
were kept busy, preparing Roster copy
for the Printer-the time Of this service
being about sixteen months. Far more
than half OF the entire work was well
and accurately completed, when all OF
said clerks were swept out of Office by
the Foraker administration, and Republi-
cans appointed in their places.
When il aUds found that the ecork a0as so
nearly completed. that the Republican ap-
pointees qUo1td haUe bat q short job, the Re
publican managers deSided to make a bon
fire Of he "copy' prepared during the pre-
ceding administration, aVhich had cost the
State about $4,000, and to begin the tUork
aneic, so as 10 prolong their tenure Of office.
Thus throwing away the work of an
average OF ten clerks during sixteen
months of faithful and pains-tsking
service, to promote party ends and OBJ
jects. This proceeding is unparalleled
in the history of parties in this State
and is unblushingly paraded in the Re
port OF Acknowledgement Axline for
1886.
Having thus provided for an extended
term OF service for large number OF
Republican strikers and hangers-on, the
next step was raid upon the late reck-
less and corrupt Republican Legislature
for appropriations. This raid was sue
cessful, Notwithstanding all the other ex-
orbitant and extravagant drafts on the
Treasury by the Republican administra-
ton; and during the two sessions, since
Foraker has been in Office, the enormous
and extraordinary sum OF $74, ,4S0.7 70 has
been appropriated for this Roster busi-
ness, ..,,..-.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Total Number, Year.
Daily Ay'gs Inmates

Governor Foraker calls particular at
tention to the alleged fact that the Board
of State Charities is "a non-partisan
board, composed of three DemocFIts and
three Republicans He omits, however,
to state that he himself Certainly not q
non -partisan) is er o6icio president OF the
board and that person by the name OF
Byers, whose chief distinction is that he
is a narrow-minded and bitter Rspubli-
can, is its salaried Secretary. aualifica-
ton for the position other than that OF
partisanship, and OF fealty to Foraker, he
seems to have none. And in this re-
spect it must be said that he comes up
to the Foraker standard, In the ability
to pervert facts he is a;worthy and fit su )
ordinate of the Governor.
After reciting the foregoing table at
Caldwell, the President of the Board oi
State Charities, Foraker, added; "Such
figures need no elaboration, They elo-
quently and conclusively refute all
charges of extravaganza" At Toledo he
had said of the table: at Is absolutely
accurdte."
A few simple statements will suffice to
show what Governor Foraker means
when he calls thing accurate" and to
dispose of this statistical eloquence.
The Governor, as President of the Board,
ought certainly to have known, before
presenting them, whether the figures of
his superserviceable Secretary were cor
rect; for it is piece of the prettiest
political dishonesty to make the smisble
and respectable gentlemen, who do the
non partisan supernumerary business of
the Board, in any way responsible for
what is done by the partisan leading
actors. Byers made the table, whether
at the order of Foraker, OF as a funkey's
tribute to his master, is not essential.
Foraker by quoting it, and vouching for
its absolute accuracy, became responsible
for it, and thereby responsible for a most
disgraceful production. Either it is q
piece of blundering boobyism of which
ten year old schoolboy ought to be
ashamed or piece of political trickery
to which even Foraker might be ashamed
to resort.
Happily the citizens of the state are
not dependent for correct information on
such work as is done by the Board Of
State Charities. There is another de-
partement in the capitol that is:.interested
in these very same figures, and in 1885
and in 1885 it prepared table showing
the per capita cost of maintaining the in
mates of public institutions, II is the
bureau of labor statistics with Hon.
Larkin McHugh at its head. OF course
Governor Foraker never examines this
report on the condition of the toiling
masses, for if he had, he might have
hesitated before he made his latest
blunder. The correct figures on the per
capita cost of maintaining the inmates of
public institutions for 1885 and 1885 and
the decrease and increase in 1885 %
=
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

TIE Republican Convention of Guy
ahoga Co., left Hon. d. r TiIden out
in the cold, last Saturday Mr.. Tilden
has held the office of Probate Judge of
that county over thirty years.
REv.SAM JONES says the Democratic
party took him within a halt mile OF
hell.-[Ex.
They are only to be blamed for not
taking him ths rest of the way and
dumping him over the battlements,
bat he will probably find his way in
alone.
TIE last Foraker legislature cost the
people of Ohio nearly $50. 900 more
than the previous Democratic legisla-
ture, and yet Foraker thinks that the
farmers of Ohio do not pay enough
taxes.
AN exchange says: "Never judge
by appearances. A shabby old coat
may contain an editor, while the man
wearing a high-toned plug hat and
supporting q dude cane may be de-
1inquent subscriber"
: WHEN Foraker is confronted with
his monstrous proposition to increase
the taxes of the farmers of Ohio, he
sets up the howl, q No rebel flags will
be surrendered while am Governor.
Hon. d. G. GOLDMAN, candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the Demo
cratic ticket. was in town last week
and favored the Journal Office with q
friendly call. Mr.. Goldman is very
pleasant gentleman, and makes a very
favorable impression upon all with
whom he meets.-LGarrettsv Jour
nal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
From the Mansfield Shield and Banner.I

From the Mansfield Shield and Banner.l
WITH cOnsiS cradle pleasure and sat.
isfaction we sppsn6 letter frem Hon.
d. G. Goodman, tb Democratic capdi.
date for Lieutenant Governor, in reply
to letter write n him by the editor of
this paper enclosing paragraph from
the Ashland q lines, which In turn was
copied from the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette, charging that Mr.. Cool
man had imported or employed foreign
"pauper labor" on q West Virginia
railroad contract, 1t gives the lie to
these silly charges in the most emphat-
ic way, and if there is any honor about
Republican editors, they would repro
duce it. Will Reynolds, of the Ash
land Times, do SO?
RAvENNA, o., Sept. IL, 1887.
Mr.. C. N. Gaup,er, Editor Shield and Banner:
MY DEAR SIR:-Ycur kind favor of
the 18th inst. enclosing q paragraph
from the Ashland Times, and asking
me for the facts concerning the charge
that have been AN importer and EN- :
ployer of foreign "pauper labor" is
received. The truth of the matter is
that in the winter of 1883, Hon. d. r.
Paige and myself were awarded the
contract to build the Ohio River Rail.
road from Wheeling to Parkersburg,
in WestVirginia. We sub-let the work
in sections. The sub contractors hired
their ewn men, with which neither
Mr.. Paige nor myself had anything to
do. The sub-contractors employed
such help as was available in that
country, paying full standard wages
for the work done. Many nationali-
| ties were represented among the en-
ployes, Germans, Irish, Italians, aud
| fully one third of the number were
native negroes, whose pay equaled the
others None of the labor was inn.
ported for this work, but was hired as
| it was presented. As / said before,
neither Mr. Paige nor myself hired
any of it, nor were we in any way re-
sponsible for anything but the compile
| ton of the contract between the rail-
way company and ourselves, Finally,
| when the roadway was completed and
| the ballasting was in progress, we re.
tanned q few of the sub contractors
employees for ballasting purposes.
/ / had seen the statement in the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, (reitera
ted by the Ashland Times), but did
not deem the falsehood of any moment
| as the matter would be fully refuted
during the course of the campaign.
Respectfully yours,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
sHERMAN'S INCORRECT STATE
MENT,

If John Sherman continue his canvass
in Ohio as he has commenced it, his
reputation as a financier may have to give
way to his fame as statistician.
During his speech at Wilmington the
other day, after abusing the Democratic
party in his usual fashion, he went on to
say that slavery became its corner stone
and finally involved the greater portion
of the Democratic party in the rebellion. J"
The total votes of the Democratic party
in 1860 were over 2,220,000 OF which
1,4SS,0J0 were cast in the Free States and
734,000 in the Slave States. Of those
polled in the latter over 22o, 900 were cast
in Delaware, Maryland Kentucky and
Missouri. Assuming that half of these
Democratic voters went into the rebellion
which is not true-we find that, instead
OF the greater portion of the Democratic
party" being involved, only about go, 900
out OF 2,22J,O00, or less than one-third,
Joined the seceders.
The total Democratic votes in the Slave
States were about 735,000, and the op-
position-Bell and Everitt-votes were
over $4,000. How long does John Sher-
man suppose the seceding States would
have resisted the Government il party
politics had not been laid aside In
Georgia, for instance, the president Of the
secession convention was Q Whiga an s9-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
ltts Disgusting.

lbunalo commercial Advertleer, hep.I
It is not at all necessary to make a
national issue out of the alleged 'snub'
given 10 Governor Foraker and his
wife by Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land. When the story was started the
Commercial said that If 1t were true,
then Mrs Cleveland's tact had for th e
first time deserted her. But now comes
Mr.. Thomas M. Thompson, chairman
of the Philadelphia reception commit
tee, and stapnch Republican, who
says: 1.-The story is q silly one, as
was the tale of Mrs. Cleveland turning
her back upon Gov. Foraker during
the parade on Friday. 1 had myself
taken Mrs. Cleveland over to Mrs.
Child's luncheon at the Bellevue Ho.
tel ten minutes or more before the
Ohio troops came along. The Presi.
dent treated Gov. Foraker with the
same courtesy that he did the other
Governors, and Mrs. Cleveland had
no idea of resenting any personal or
political differences. / am Republic
can, but ] think it is disgusting to
drag politics into this affail."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

i THE Democratic host through all its
ranks is marching swiftly to the over
throw of civil service reform,-ComasTcial
Gazette,
Now that the Field Marshall has re-
turned from his European wanderings
after the Plumed Knight, he may possibly
be able to enlighten tine people about the
overthrow" of popular government in
Cincinnati by the late rump legislature
and the ringtailed reformer Joseph Ben
son Foraker. After he has done this,
perhaps, he would like to expound the
peculiar beauties of "civil service reform
as practised by Foraker's Cincinnati
Board of Public Affairs, which "re-
solved" that the municipal business OF
that city should be conducted in the in
teFest Of the Republican party,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
POINTERS FOR woRkINoMEn.


Who enacted the three hundred dol
lar exemption law? The Democratic
party.
Who placed upon the statue book the
mechanics lien law? The Democratic
party.
Who passed the first homestead bill in
Congress The Democratic party.
Who passed the act of Congress pro-
hibiting the importation of foreign labor
ers under contract? The Democratic
party.
Who is enforcing the act prohibiting
the importation OF foreign laDorers under
contract? The Democratic party.
Who recovered for the use of the
people many million acres of land do
mated to the railroad corporations by the
Republican partyf The Democratic
party.
Who aims to repeal the taxes that op.
press the workingmen The Democratic
party.
Aud no,0 glance at the follo,Uing, which
are against the interests of the Uorkingmen
Who enacted the laws making it a
criminal conspiracy for workingmen to
persuade Acknowledgment from ac-
cepting low wages? The Republican
party.
Who enacted the law limiting damages
for the loss of life by a railroad employe
to $4,000. The Republican party,
Who voted away hundreds of millions
of the public lands to the railroad cor.
porations? The Republican party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
FeMAkEn OWNS or.
Hs Admits tina n % Forged mesBaG
WAS Sent cut.


VINToN, o., Sept. 22.-In coming
down on the Hooking Valley train
this morning with Governor Foraker,
I showed him copy of his special
message which the Democratic Exec
utive Committee is sending out, and
asked him to point out wherein it was
forged or garbled.
81 have two or three editions of it,
said the Governor. They are accu
rate, and are not forgeries at all"
"Then why this charge of forgery
and garbling?"
"What we complain of that it is not
published in full in the Democratic
papers. 1 have received copies ol
Democratic papers with all the mes
sage left out except that part which
relates to real estate"
"Well, to publish extracts from the
message is not to forge, is it,"
mo; but it is garbling il ard dis
torting its meaning by not publishing
the WHOLE"
"But the editors themselves publ sh
such parts as suits them.n
1--WE are of the opinion that thf
committee sent it out in this form fol
publication"
at can assure you that it is sent oul
in the form in which you see 1t here. .
:" It seems strange, then, that tht
Democratic papers should publish i
In o different form"
"But this document is not a forgery
or q Justification, is it 2"
"No; this is an accurate copy"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

. If the man is found who changed the
Governors message, his case should be
submitted to the grand jury at once
Ohio State Journal.
II the fool who wrote the foregoing
paragraph can be found, he ought to be
taken before the Judge of Probate for
Franklin County and committed forth
with to the "Institution for Feeble
Minded Youths" under Joseph Benson
ForakeT's reform management"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
WHna Mr.. clsYeland xisIts chioa

WHEN Mrs. Cleveland visits Chica
go the Turner's have q delightful sur.
prise In store for the first lady Of the
Nation. They will present ber with q
beautiful brooch and necklace of gar
net. The necklace IL made up of thir.
ty eight glittering s'ars-big, symmet
rical and twelve-sided garnet crystals,
framed in gold-representing the thir
ty eight States, with forty i've other
gainets Of large size and the same col
or. The circlet to which the stars and
precious stones are attached is gemmed
with small garnet grains, the black
blue, green, orange and other colors OF
which are most exquisitely arran ged.
-Cin. Telegram.